Sorry I'm a little bit behind on the blogs...it just seems like there's never enough time in the day!! Today (Monday) was a good day! We introduced our comprehension skill (character & setting) and strategy (story structure) during whole group reading. The students read two short passages to practice identifying characters and setting during a story. In the afternoon, we learned about the vocabulary words that will be tested on Friday. The students also worked on centers. Each week, we have a variety of literacy and writing activities for the students to work on when they are not meeting with me in a reading group. This week, the students will work on the computers to research money from around the world, make vocabulary booklets, listen to our main selection and identify character traits during listening center, write about a time when their family bought something important, and re-read their leveled reader from last week and describe the characters and setting in the story. Each activity reinforces a skill we are currently teaching or one we've taught from a previous week. The students are getting better and better at managing their time during seatwork & centers in order to get everything done on time! This is our final week for Unit 1 in reading. We've learned a lot about money and how important it is in our lives. Next week, we will be taking our Unit 1 benchmark test which will cover all the vocabulary, phonics, comprehension, & grammar skills we have covered during this unit. Please remind your child to do his/her best on this test. We will use the information from the test to help us group the students for small groups during Unit 2.
During science today, they continued to study their owl pellets and identify bones. They are observing and discussing their findings as well as making predictions. They are enjoying this activity! In social studies, we are continuing our study of maps. We are focusing a lot of geography skills right now as we practice reading maps and improving our map skills. Hopefully toward the end of the week, we'll talk a little bit about Christopher Columbus as Columbus Day is approaching!
Math finds us working on number stories. Today we used the Part/Part/Total strategy to solve story probelms. Tomorrow we will work on Change to More/Less problems. Toward the end of the week, we will introduce and/or review strategies for solving multi-digit addition and subtraction problems. Please remember that our goal in Everyday Math is to expose the students to a variety of strategies when learning how to add and subtract. These methods may be different and foreign to you, but please work to help your child practice the strategies we are teaching. Ultimately, my goal is for the children to find the most efficient and effective way to solve the problem correctly on their own. It may take some children longer than others to find out which way they understand the best. Please be patient as your child learns to add and subtract larger numbers, and don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.
Homework for Tuesday, October 5
- Math Home Link 2.5
- Spelling worksheet
- Read for 15 minutes (record reading minutes either at the bottom of the planner near your signature or on the October calendar located at the beginning of the month of October in the planner)
- Study spelling words
Don't forget that next Monday, October 11th, there is NO SCHOOL for students. Also, we'll be going on our field trip to the zoo on Friday, October 15th. If you signed up to join us, I'll be contacting you with more information soon!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Vroegh
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